Iran says no understanding with US yet, will wait to see if blockade ends

Iran has not reached a final understanding with the United States despite continued exchanges of messages and will wait to see whether Washington actually ends what Tehran calls an illegal naval blockade, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told state TV.

Baghaei said Iran “said goodbye to the language of ‘must’ 47 years ago” and that Western governments cannot dictate terms to the Islamic Republic.

“We make our own decisions based on the interests and rights of the Iranian people,” he said.

He also said what Washington has described as a naval blockade was illegal from the beginning, calling it both a violation of the ceasefire and a disruption of international freedom of navigation.

Baghaei said Tehran would wait to see whether the United States follows through in practice on its stated position or whether it is merely a “propaganda claim.”

“If they do it, it means stopping an unlawful act they started a few weeks ago and should never have committed in the first place,” he said.

On a possible understanding with Washington, Baghaei said messages were still being exchanged but no final agreement had been reached.